Meng Yue glanced back at the dark aisle.

There was obviously no sound behind her, but she panicked for no reason.

There was no movement......

Meng Yue hurriedly turned around and continued to climb forward.

She only had five minutes.

The number of days of life is being consumed rapidly, and once it is exhausted, the knot will fail, and Zhao Wei, who blocked the ghost with his body in the passage, will also die immediately.

And without his hindrance, the ghost will quickly catch up with her and kill her......

Meng Yue's arm was also worn out, but the large amount of adrenaline secretion made her unable to perceive the pain in her body for the time being.

She didn't know how long Zhao Wei could hold out, because ...... There is another secret of her knot that has not been revealed to everyone.

That is, once the agreed object actively chooses to die, then even the ring of the ghost bride cannot save him.

Zhao Wei's will to survive is so strong...... You shouldn't choose to die, right?

Meng Yue shook her head and stopped her thoughts.

Her physical exertion is also very large, from hunched to forcibly crawling on her knees, and now crawling forward.

There's less room ahead......

If...... If she didn't reach the end of the cave ahead, she might not be able to go any further.

Meng Yue raised the flashlight and shone it forward.

The dark cavern continues to stretch and shrink.

Meng Yue's body had been squeezed very badly, and every time she moved forward, she rubbed all over her body.

She's also getting slower.

Gradually...... Meng Yue's anxiety and fear also became more and more serious.

Zhao Wei...... Can you really stop that ghost?

Even if he blocked the cave, who would have thought that a ghost would have any other means?

In case it devoured Zhao Wei directly...... Or simply tear Zhao Wei into a puddle of mud, then even if Zhao Wei wants to stop them, he is powerless and can't do it......

The seriousness of the matter has exceeded Meng Yue's expectations.

Soon, she found herself basically unable to move, the walls of the cave had shrunk to a very narrow extent, and the most she could do was to drill her head out, and the shoulder part would definitely get stuck.

and unable to move forward...... Does it mean ...... Choosing the wrong path?

Meng Yue's heart was beating faster and faster, and she kept hypnotizing herself, there was no mistake, there was absolutely no mistake, as long as I put my hand in it, I could touch the knot.

Speaking of which, what exactly is a knot?

Duan Xu didn't say that if the knot was an inconspicuous stone, wouldn't it be easy to miss?

Doubts grew in my mind again.

Meng Yue shook her head violently, no......

Duan Xu didn't know what the knot looked like, I couldn't doubt him...... Yes, it's a ghost! It's the ghosts that are influencing my thinking!

As before, it has no other way but to scare me off.

Meng Yue firmly put her hand into the "hole" in front of her, which could only accommodate a single head, and she groped carefully, looking for ......

And more than two minutes have passed.

……

Zhao Wei watched as his flesh and blood turned into shreds, and his body turned into a bloody skeleton.

Gradually, the pain, fear, and despair in his eyes gradually disappeared, and his blood-soaked eyes slowly revealed a trace of scarlet.

The ghost was disassembling his obstructive skeleton.

Zhao Wei, who rolled to the ground, burst out with strong resentment and madness in his eyes!

He didn't know how to do it, but a head rolled forward, moved to the feet of the ghost, and then opened his mouth, looking hideous and terrifying, and bit down!

The ghost's movements froze, and it turned its head, staring blankly at its feet.

Zhao Wei bit and chewed violently, and the ghost's flesh and blood showed a rotten taste.

The corners of his mouth drew a crazy smile, and he stared directly at the ghost in front of him without fear.

He couldn't speak, but that couldn't stop Zhao Wei's revenge.

As for Zhao Wei's attack, the ghost still didn't have any expression, it just turned around, and the sharp ghost claws stretched out and pressed on Zhao Wei's head.

"Click......"

The crunch of bones appeared in the tunnel, and a huge pressure came from the top of the skull, making Zhao Wei's eyes bulge out more and more.

"Smack......

Blood sprang down the ground, smearing red and white all over the surrounding walls.

Zhao Wei's eyeballs rolled to the ground, and his head was completely pinched by the ghost......

……

No...... Nothing......

It's over.

Meng Yue's face was pale, and she lay on the spot as if she had lost her soul.

The pit in front of it was empty, not to mention the end, not even a stone appeared......

Wrong...... I chose the wrong path......

In despair, Meng Yue's mind suddenly flashed Zhao Wei's face.

No, no!

Zhao Wei is still desperately trying to stop the ghost, five minutes haven't arrived yet, I can't accept my fate!

Meng Yue gritted her teeth and began to retreat.

Because the tunnel was so narrow, she couldn't turn around at all, so she could only climb backwards slowly.

But at this time...... The ghost bride's ring can only last for a minute and a half......

Ninety seconds......

It took more than two minutes just to climb into this hole, and now I have to climb back and re-enter another hole, really...... Is there any hope?

Although Meng Yue was still crawling back, she was already desperate in her heart.

Suddenly, there was a very violent grinding sound behind her!

It's close...... It's here!

Meng Yue's face was full of horror, she crawled forward desperately again, although there was a dead end ahead, but the desire to survive was subconsciously driving her.

Her body was bloody from the friction against the wall, and her palms and elbows had already shed a layer of bloody skin.

However, despair still came.

A strong cold aura suddenly appeared behind him.

Meng Yue was terrified to the extreme, she turned her head tremblingly, the light of the flashlight shone over, and this face ...... Meng Yue was familiar and unfamiliar.

She often sees it in the mirror.

A torn mouth slammed into it, and Meng Yue closed her eyes in despair.

And then the next moment...... Time seemed to have stopped.

……

Only five minutes......

At this moment, Duan Xu disappeared on the top of the back mountain, he made a big circle, and ran at full speed to the center of the village, under the old locust tree.

Duan Xu's speed was very fast, and even with his physical strength, he was already out of breath now.

Now is the final stage of the plan.

There were some things that Duan Xu didn't say to Meng Yue and Zhao Wei because he couldn't be sure of it himself.

If they can succeed, it means that they are suspicious.

But if they didn't find anything under that locust tree in the back mountain, that would ......

Duan Xu didn't dare to stay for a moment, and as soon as he arrived under the old locust tree, he went directly into the hole.

He recalled one thing, when he was on the top of Xiangyang Mountain, Ah Yun's original words were like this: "The most terrible thing now is that those monsters that have been released have found the things they dug up and taken away before me, and they only need to completely destroy that thing, and this village will immediately become a purgatory on earth." ”

There is some ambiguity in this statement.

Under Ah Yun's hints, Duan Xu always felt that this old locust tree was the one that really guarded the village and suppressed the existence of powerful ghosts.

And the things that were dug up by the people in the village are likely to be the nests of ghosts and the like, the source of all strange phenomena in the village.

But if you think about it, what has been poached can also be the existence of suppressive ghosts!

It and the old locust tree may be in conflict, but the purpose is the same.

Because the identity of the old locust tree as a "friend" is confirmed, all the targets it attacks will be subconsciously identified as "enemies".

And this ...... Duan Xu thought of a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes trapped in the depths of this cave, locked behind the wooden door.

At that time, Hua Jiyun prevented him from using the knot, and then blocked the wooden door, but ...... If the things inside the wooden door could really come out, how could Hua Jiyun be able to block it?

It was not locked in the wooden door under the ground by the old locust tree, it was completely because of inertial thinking, which made Duan Xu feel that it was locked up by the old locust tree.

Now think about it...... There is another very different possibility.

Why was the old locust tree able to grab so many doppelgangers trapped underground?

Why did he rush to the wooden door clone as soon as he approached, grabbed him by the neck and almost killed him?

Because those eyes are locked up by "ghosts"!

He was about to open the wooden door, and he was about to let out the eyes inside the wooden door!

And the "clones" that the roots of the old locust tree grabbed may all be here to completely destroy the "existence" inside the wooden door! "It" is the only threat to "them"!

Duan Xu was running down in a circle, thinking wildly.

That's right......

Ah Yun also mentioned that the village has always been haunted, and she also mentioned that the locust tree has spirits, but cannot speak.

These are all tips!

Possible...... The existence behind the wooden gate is the source of the haunting of the village.

It can intercept the souls of the dead and let them wander around the village, which is why Ah Yun says that the village is actually haunted all the time.

But it is confined by the locust tree, and at the same time, it itself restricts another strange being!

It's not the same as the locust tree, but they both restrict another weird thing!

And now, that strange thing has been dug up by the villagers and let go......

Duan Xu collapsed all the way, he repeatedly confirmed that there were any logical loopholes, and when he arrived at the wooden door, Duan Xu gasped heavily, and he was soaked with sweat.

He wasn't entirely sure either.

Everything is speculation, but in such a world, the existence of doubts is enough to make Duan Xu take a risk.

Because every ghost will only hunt and kill people who look the same as himself, Duan Xu must draw the attention of his "clone".

And the best thing to do is to make them think that all three of them have burrowed into the hole under the locust tree in the back mountain.

Duan Xu confirmed that the hole was extremely narrow, and whether it was a person or a ghost, it could only accommodate one person to pass through.

And this means that they will be delayed for a considerable period of time.

Under Duan Xu's estimation, if Zhao Wei chose to use his physical body to block the powerful ghosts in the tunnel, then their survival rate would be quite high!

Because the first powerful ghost to chase in is likely to be "Duan Xu", or it may be "Meng Yue", they can't do anything when facing Zhao Wei.

They could only retreat the same way and re-enter the tunnel in the order of "Zhao Wei" in front before they could make a move on Zhao Wei.

And at this time, no matter how complicated the situation is in the depths of the cave, Zhao Wei can also immediately exchange with Meng Yue, and use Meng Yue to face the "Zhao Wei" who has just changed the order, this is a simple rock-paper-scissors game, although it is impossible for humans to win, but it can maintain a draw.

A draw is already the best situation, as it means that the other person can take advantage of the ghost to change positions and explore the situation inside the cave.

Unless...... Zhao Wei and Meng Yue were extremely unlucky, and they bumped into their "clones" for the first time, such as Zhao Wei bumped into "Zhao Wei", and Meng Yue bumped into "Meng Yue".

But even so, they could delay for at least five minutes with Meng Yue's knot.

And in these five minutes, Duan Xu can guarantee that he is absolutely safe, and it is impossible for his own "clone" to come out and obstruct it.

...... the hell What is it?

Duan Xu approached the wooden door, and a strong palpitation appeared, even he felt a little out of breath.

He pulled the wooden door hard, not moving.

The first time he saw the wooden door, Duan Xu noticed the strange patterns carved on it, which resembled a suspicious creature with barbed limbs.

Originally...... That's it.

Without a second of delay, Duan Xu immediately bit his index finger, squeezed out the blood and pressed it on the wooden door.

"Boom-"

The wooden door was suddenly opened!

A dark shadow swept out quickly.

Meantime...... Everything around them was still.

The whole world, as if the pause button had been pressed.

Immediately after, Duan Xu heard a terrible cry!

The roots of the locust tree at the top of the cave trembled slightly, and then quickly withered and decayed......

This old locust tree, this time it is really dead.

The world is as if it's dead.

Two breaths later, a dark shadow slipped through the wooden door.

Under Duan Xu's incredulous gaze, the wooden door carved with strange patterns quickly shrank and deformed......

By the time it was finally formed, it had become the size of a palm, and its color had changed to a dark red.

The tide was surging in Duan Xu's heart, he picked it up, picked up this palm-sized door, and its current appearance was more like a waist card of the ancients.

Zhao Wei's words were remembered by Duan Xu: Each of us can only have one knot at most, and only when the knot is lost at a certain station, or the knot is broken, can we get one again. And Hua Jiyun, she has four.

Duan Xu took out the blood-red doll and held it in his hand along with the dark red wooden door.

Why...... Like Hua Jiyun, I can continue to have other knots......

"Woo......"

A whistle sounded as if it sounded from the sky, which also awakened Duan Xu's chaotic and complicated mood at the moment.

He didn't know himself well anymore......

No...... Perhaps, he never understood himself......

From birth to growth...... From the anomaly of memory, to the experience of the train.

I...... Who the hell is it?

Duan Xu put the two knots into his arms and walked out of the hole.

He had already seen the train, and this strange train stopped right in front of his eyes, but the villagers who occasionally passed by turned a blind eye to it...... They went straight through the train and couldn't touch it at all, like ...... This train is in another time and space.

"Help him! Zhao Wei is still alive! ”

Just then, a bloodied woman stumbled onto the train, holding a disgusting mass of minced flesh in her hand and an eyeball.

It's Meng Yue.

What is Zhao Wei in her hand?

Duan Xu walked towards the train.

This time, he saw a lot of strange men and women appearing by the car window, some of them went to help Meng Yue, and some ...... He looked at him with different expressions.

Duan Xu stepped onto the train, and the whistle appeared again.

Finally...... Cleared.

The train started, and it seemed to drive eerily into the depths of time and space, and a row of tracks appeared out of thin air, spreading to the end of no boundary......

In the carriage, Duan Xu glanced back at Huaicun.

He saw that an old man who had lived for a long time had lit the old locust tree in the village, and she stood in the firelight, and suddenly changed into the appearance of her youth.

The life of her and this locust tree gradually became mottled in the firelight.

The locust tree is old, she is old, and so is this village.

Her mother said not to be blinded by the world beyond the mountains.

Maybe now, it's time not to be trapped by the fog of the mountains for the rest of your life.

Huaicun may disappear in this fire, or it may also ...... Reborn in another place.